Corporate Social Responsibility is the right track for DSV DSV has taken major steps in 2012 to improve the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) performance of the Group. We have focused on several initiatives during the year which have boosted the Group and strengthened the platform for our CSR work across our global organisation. Our work in relation to climate/environment and employees also continues at full speed. It is therefore a pleasure to note that we have achieved by far most of the targets established a year ago and that we are ready to set the bar higher and increase our efforts in the coming years. CSR – part of everyday life Our CSR strategy has formed the basis of the Group’s CSR activities in 2012, which have resulted in a number of local and global initiatives. The DSV Group is characterised by a flat, decentralised organisational structure which accommodates local market conditions, cultures and languages. This also applies in relation to CSR, enabling the local DSV companies to work with measures and solutions that arise from local initiatives but also observe the overall targets and expectations communicated by Group Management. DSV has opted to focus the CSR efforts on a few relevant issues with a view to promoting concrete action aimed at our business activities. It is important to DSV that all employees regard CSR as a natural part of their daily work. At times, CSR may have an air of philanthropy to it when the good cause is right in front of us, but we can create far more value to society when we let CSR go hand in hand with our operations and thereby strengthen our position in the market. Our initiatives to avoid occupational accidents, our focus on evergy saving measures and formulation of clear guidelines for our employees on their interaction with customers, suppliers and authorities are all examples of specific initiatives which are a result of our CSR approach and which are meaningful to the individual employee and to the Group as a whole. Jens Bjørn Andersen, CEO of DSV A/S New targets for the future Group Management can conclude that almost all targets have been achieved in 2012 and that we are on the right track as concerns the remaining targets. Management has therefore adopted a number of new targets intended to drive the continued improvement of our CSR performance. These targets include the objective to cover more distant parts of the value chain and focus on raising our suppliers’ awareness of and compliance with the DSV Code of Conduct. DSV intends to continue the efforts in line with the CSR strategy and targets set by Group Management; a CSR stra-tegy with clear targets focusing on the employees, the business and the parts of our supply chain closest to our operations. By this Progress Report, DSV wants to express the Company’s continued commitment to the United Nations Global Compact initiative and the 10 fundamental principles and encourages all business partners of the Group to support the initiative. Jens Bjørn Andersen 2 0 1 2 D SV cor por ate so cia l r e spo n sib il it y r e po rt – Corpor at e Soc ial Responsibilit y is t he right t r ac k f or DSV 3
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